Al-Terki Abdullatif, Al-Qaoud Talal
Urology Unit, Department of Surgery, Al-Amiri Hospital, Kuwait, Kuwait.
Adv Urol. 2011;2011:310123. doi: 10.1155/2011/310123. Epub 2011 Nov 29.
Pertinent history taking and careful examination often taper the differentials of the acute scrotum; congruently the ability to diagnose acute spermatic cord torsion (SCT) when radiological adjuncts are not available is highly imperative. This observational study serves to present a series of 46 cases of spermatic cord torsion whereby we hypothesize the identification of a clinical knot on scrotal examination as an important clinical aid in making a decision to surgical exploration in patients with acute and subacute SCT, especially in centers where imaging resources are unavailable.
进行相关的病史采集和仔细检查往往能缩小急性阴囊疾病的鉴别诊断范围；同样，在没有影像学辅助手段时诊断急性精索扭转（SCT）的能力至关重要。这项观察性研究旨在呈现46例精索扭转病例，据此我们推测，在阴囊检查中识别临床结对于决定对急性和亚急性SCT患者进行手术探查是一项重要的临床辅助手段，尤其是在缺乏影像资源的中心。
